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HOME RULE
Ivo rondo that Premier Lloyd
George can sleep at all those nights..
With the enorsuoue weight of the war
te,sting upon hie eholndurs, ho
nOw npon to dent with the IrtL
eaten -Ifni -with cop etiriptiou of the
Irish and Homo Ititle. Parlieulents hae
ha a Maelority, theitled tant eopseria-
tleti shell be enforced, despite the
fact that it has beea Platt t01(1
tbat easereion of this kina wfil be re-
statea. But bere foIreland is tints M-
erced, it is Proposed that site shall
be giveu time kind ot Houle Rule. The
convention that met to deviee some
echenee of Homo Rule has failed to
agree, tete Ulster delegates reftusing to
terms offered by the Nationalists. The
epilt came upou the fiscal and ecou-
omic questions. Ulster thougbt that
• the Nationalists Were planuing kr au
independent nation, and to this it re.
fusee to agree. Its council has issued
a statement In winch it says that tilt
Majority of the Nationalist vote is
ecintrolled by a party of open and
avowed treason, which is drilling and
afeatarIng, with German assistance, ta
strIkti a blow at the 'heart of the Brit.
isle /empire.
Holding ouch, "rime, we are not sur-
prised that tho convention failed to
agree on a scheme of liome Rule. Is
it :too much, to hope that Lloyd
George will be able to evolve a plan
that will satisfy all the Irish parties?
• "You are Neil OtteWay, areu't you?"
I asked the boy .with a touch ot awe.
1 "Yon get me wrong, son," said Nen,
gOod-naturedIy. "My name is PaddY
; Leary from a sheet called, Tipperary."
"Oh, you can't feet me!" saki the
boy, confidently. "With your long
liair and all, and hiding away like
this, As soon as that came out la the
• paper about you changing with a
atelter I began to look for you on
West street. I tracked you here fron1
the store where yen wrote that let-
ter."
1 "What were you going to do with
I me when you, got me?" asked Neil
• curiously,
"Turn you over to the police. TbeIt
my bid man whould have to let me
be a detective."
"Oh, I see!" said Neil,
"What are YOU going to do to me?"
the boy asked with a shade or ap,
prehension.
"Not a thing -if you keep away
from the windows," said Neil. "Glad
to have somebody to talk to. What's
your tamer
"Kia. Doty," the boy said with a
wagger. "Doty means brave, see?
I'm not " afraid of anything that
walks!"
"That so?" said Well,
Kid Doty suspected irony. "Well, 1
followed you right into your lair, did.
n't I?" he said aggrievedly. "That's
something,"
"Sure, that's something," said Neil,
grinning. He liked this boy.
The Kid looked around him with
bright eyes. His fears at rest, he chat-
tered like a child to his mother,
"Say this is a note! TJs two beteg
locked up together. I never mad any
thing like it, did you? Or saw it in
the movies. These rooms would make
a great acene in the movies, wouldn't •
they? This is the real thing! Say,
you'll have to keep me with yea now
wherever you go, to prevent me from
telling the police,"
"I suppose so," said Neil ruefully.
"Oh! Will you? Will you? cried the
• boy, 'eagerly. "Oh, say, I'd give any-
thing to go with you! I'll be your
man. I'll help .you fight!".
"But I thought.. you were goIng to
be a detective," said Neir
nsl want to see Life!" cried the Kid.
"1 don't care how. There's nothing in
ta New York for a fellow like me. I'd
have gone west long ago, but I dont
know how to ride the bumpers. I don't
know where the bumpers are on a
ear. You can show me."
"Well, we'll see," said Neil guard-
edly.
"How do you reel?" asked the Kid,
with respect.
"I feel all right thank' you," said
Neil. "Why?"
"After croaking a guy, 1 mean."
Nell hated to disappoint his ingen-
uous admirer. He made an effort to
play up to the part ascribed to him.
"Don't want to ' talk about it," he
growled, as if in unhappy retrospect.
The Kid vented a long breath of ex-
citement. "He haunts you!" he cried.
Neil looked around bine apprehen-
sively. "Ah, cut it malt' he muttered.
"I've done lots of bad things my-
self," said the boy, eagerly. "though
1 haven't killed my man yet I sup-
pose you're a dope fiend. I smoked a
pill once, 1 wasn't very sick, neither.
Have a Mg?"
Neil wondered if it required a Orlin -
foal to win a bey's confidence come
PletelY. He wasn't going to e;poil it
by a moral homily.' "Cigarettes!" he
said, affecting scorn. "Cigarettes are
tor women and dudes. 1 moke a
pipet"-,
The boy's face changed. Unostenta-
tiously he put away the box. "Sure!"
he said. "I smoke nothing bu a
pipe myself. Or a good, Strong cigar.
I just carry these to give away."
The afternoon passed very pleasant-
ly on both sides, notwithstanding the
ebsenee of lunch. Together they
washed Neil's clOthes ; and spread
them to dry in the patches of sun
-
tight under the front windows.
Meanwhile the .Kid bombarded Neil
with hundreds or questions concern-
ing a life of crime. Nell's ingenuity
Was put to it to find satisfactory ate
ewers. Portunately the boy was un.
critical. At the sarae time Kid Doty
continually forgot his assumption of
the desperado, and lapsed into the
normal adolescent. He entertained
Neil With simpledomestic details.
"My old man's a lawyer. Good head,
too. laut of course he doesn't under-
stand me. Fathers always want you to
study hard in sehool and get high
marks, Huh! teacher's pet! Net for
mine! They didn't do it themselves,
no sir! I found an old letter that told
how bad was arrested once for break-
ing church windows. So he Oen%
blame me,
"Wants nie to be a lawyer, What
do you know about that? nee! "rf T
had my war, I'd take the whole push
of lawyers, barring the olu man,
put them on a ship, and torpedo it. I
got a young brother. He thinks he
bad, too. He's jest imitating me. I
-Won't let him be. No, sir, that kid's
got to stick In schoel and make some-
thing of himself!"
When it began to grow datk Neil
prepared to go out. Dressed in the
renovated clothes, and Wearing the
blaci shirt and red tie, there was little
to suggest the coaapaszer. Kid Doty
pressed his felt hat On his idol. With
Considerable Stretching, it Was Made
to do.
!Where are we going now?" the boy
asked. •
"YOu're not going Anywhere," said
Nell.
His fete fell. "Aw, rni your pal
now," he eneadea, "'Through thick and
thin. 1 could strsli oft the cops. Two
heads are better time one."
Nell Watt net a little Vaulted. "I
don't deubt yell, old Mare But I have
trouble eftough to loOk after myself,
withottt another. Besides, I'm broke."
"/ got a doiler and a half," the 130Y
said eagerly'.
Neil shook hie head, firmly,
"What did yeti do with the old
maiets roll?" asked Rid Doty,
"Neer* rabid that now,"
"Gave it to your girl, r suppose.
Vitoy all do."
Non etas cutting the Woolen heeks
cloth into Strong keine
"What's thet for tteked the boy.
"To tie your Wrists and ankles, my
Igen."
"Honest?" DetY'a face was a -study
in delight and alarm. "But -this is a
ninkeile et an oUteof-the-Way joint,"
ha haltered. .
• A FATEFUL HOUR
• aEvery position must be held to the
last man. There must be no retires'
Mena With our backs to the wall and
believing in the justice of our cause,
,each one of us must fioht on to the
end. The safety of our homes and the
freedom of mankind depend nlike
upon the conduct of each one of us
at this critical moment."
Such is .a portion of the Meese&
flashed by General Haig to the. Brit-
ish tomes uow conteading desperate-
• ly against great odds with the German
armiee, which are being burled againat
tlecin. with euttrderous intent. . The
message is coitche.d in the most seri-
•.ous and imperative language, reveal-
- ing the hazard of the moment and the
tremendous consequences that de-
pend on the outcome of the struggle.
Sir Douglas realizes that the present
-situation is fraught with the direet
possibilities, and that nothing can pre-
vent these happening but the supretn-
;•est effort of every British soldier new
ein the fight. "Every position must bp
;held to the last man. There must bet
.no retirement." Does _this mean Unit
there is to be no more withdrawals to
prepared positions?. We. believe pg,
.The enemy 'must now be held, no mat-
ter now great the pressure.
The General declares. that the object
of the enemy is to separate the British
from the French, to take the Channel,
ports and destroy the British army.
But, he. adde, "he has yet made little
progress towards his goals." He ap-
peals' to the men to hang on, although.
they must be tired, and he encourages
them by saying that victoiy will be-
long to the side which holds on the
longest. To further encourage tae
weary, jaded men, he declared that
"The French army Is moving rapidly
and, in great force to our support."
This, no doubt, must mean the arMY
of manoeuvre, which has been heIti in
tho leash by General Poch until -the
1..roper inotivitt for action. It could
tame 1 hat Franc: has stripped
her ftvres beff.N.re ?arid, because that.
v,ould lat-an that the sval- to Paris
W(111(1 Int left open for the Ciertnans.
Nor Pould it mean the roxaoval of tne
met weo are standing hetween
AiDieina and the eni.n.IY.
We =ay v.•011 wait With bated
breath tile result of this terrible
struggle with an embittered, a savage
and implaeable foe, •,,rho reek:, nothing
Its than our ottslanAnent and dt-
strlietion. We hav,.. eVery faith that
hat mot, e.an do will be xic,r,e to set
natsgb.t .the designs of Ow enenlY.
Our tout will hold out. 'there is no
ee that, A. few dui e at the moat
mould bring the amity Of ma,noeuVre
into the battle, and with these forces
standing between the enemy and the
channel ports, there wilt be time to.
allow the forces of Anierica to
brought into play. 'Ibis is perhaps the
most motnentous moment in the Wa-
tery of the world's Wars,
..•
•
Money' end iloppmess.
A contribution io ;!e;
34agasine-says:
"The atuount of money 'One needs•t0
be ilaPPY Is enough to maintain art
established environment,
"It differs vastly, mid, with men pro,
greasing, it 'Changes constantly. It le
folly to set some particular amount,
4,000 income. That infere that
ali men who- earriees--perhape 95 per
cent, Of all families are necessarily
unhappy.
"Most sureeseful men find happinaes
01 %Ile Way up. 1 retuember when $50
seemed a fOrittne to Ine,
reitstuber that a roommate
r. osivisg ,,q00 yea riy scenied a glut()
t^rat.
I hllievt. that 1 t7,stild have retnain.
• ,:aopy trnto-day's • cativalent to;
0 liesithly. milley then,
a.,tvr:A...rn, And 1 4:trti1 tLt bijitd a
hista,s.
"I have linen nappy i,t
r61,,V ft:IN 4011
gj. it erforded it thirt fivo il.e.Sittr fiat
ft ereemed a mention to me. lx.-lert
later afford0 $109 reit retearketl.
Tata is au titif) s, home am any than
Over leant' Ann I Went it."
.414 Ar
The man who wife waits up for
him etight to to glad be Natial Solo,
Von. bn 1184 a tltreieand.
1.1
"When I Make MY getaWaY I'll tip,
Of the polil!k • to eat* &ad teleese
att."
r, I
The would-be desperado's face glow-
ed. "Oh, nay, will you? That'll mute
(tome Mory, eh? That's pretty near ae
good as bringing you in Myself. Gee!
When they mad the papere in schoel!"
With alacrity the boy put hie bands
behind him to be tied, "Make a real
not," he urged," so they can't say it's
a frame -1 ."
There Was enough of the ma left
over to make a blind for the young-
ster' eyes. Nell prepared to put It MI.
"But what's the use of that?" aelted
the victini, "I'm eoming back in a 14-
tle while," Neil said. "And you =Ste
n't see what I do."
"I wouldn't tell,"
"1 know," eaid Nell, "hut ftmako
it seem more realietic."
"Oh, all right. Better gag ale, too,
or the3"li want to know why I didn't
rale° the neigh/m*110V'.
"Time enough for that later,"
"I can see Ander the bandage. Pall
it down a little," said the helpleee one
• conscientiously.
Neil erailed ae he tied the ktiot He
gripped the thin shoulder la a friend
ow for
to eat
ed fb
-
ly band, nian off now .Lie l
awhile. I'll bring you in it bite .
-So long, old fellow!"
"So long, old fellow," return e
boy in careful imitation. •
Nell locked the room door.
hina Peeling ble way down stairseae
satisfied himaelf with a cautioue tans
veY that there was no one ininiediate-
ly .outside, and Issued into the street.
He made his way over the uneven
flags towards Hudson street.
•
After dark it 'woe more than eve
an unsavory neighborhood. Few lights
were to be seen in the little lane
plants sandwiched between yartia ani
stable, yet figures occasionally pass-
ed in and out in the dark. At the cor-
ner of Washington street tinder the
tin awning of a vacant store a group
of youths with sneers fixed in their
hew eyed him hard as he passed.
He had little to fear from such as
theee, His shrunken, creased clothes
offered little temptation to footps.da,
however small their way of business.
He walked with a slouch and a -va-
cant look that disguised him better
than hie borrowed clothes.
Turning into Hudson street, the
scene was instantly metamorphosed.
New York is a city of such breathless
sceneshifting. A line of brightly -
lighted stores stretched up and (town
on either hand, aud !the pavements
were alive with afteretupper shoppers.
Nell went into the first baker's to ob-
tain it bite for himself and a bag of
cakes such as might appeal to it boy's
salivary glands. Then lie made bis way
north according to seliedule, search-
ing the facee of the peasers-by, while
careful to maintain the vacaut look
of hie own.
Would she come? Be realized now
that it vas herself he longed to • see
more than aaything she Might bring
for his suceor. Why had he not asked
her to come anyhow? Fearing a Oleic -
ening disappointment he would net
allow -himself to hope. He thought of
a dozen good reasons to prevent her
coming; she might not have gOt-Iiis
letter; and even if she had, how could
a girl be expected to get a man's out-
fit together at an hour's notice; and
hoW !Could a delicately brought -up girl
bring It to thie mean quarter after
dark? He should not have asked it of
her -but what elite could he -nave
done?
"Of course elle will not come!" be
told himself a score Of times, wane
his desiroue eyes continued to eearch
for her.
Slouching along, head down and
hands in pockets, he reached .Abinge
don Square without seeing her. He
etracted his steps the whole way, still
without reward, and turned north
again, considerably saddened in
heart, Suddenly one of the poor house.
wives of which there were ee many
maaing their little purchases, !Malaise -
ed against him, and a voice whietaer-
ed startlingly:
"Don't you know me?"
Neil had his nerves under good cen-
tral. He walked on with unchanged
face. The woman who had Oaken
was in front of him; ne studiecl her
figure sharply. Surely it was not pos-
sible! nhe was wearing a long, ill-fit-
ting misty coat, much ,braided, the
braid comtng off. Below it appeared
a faded skirt ancl deplorable ehoes,
Sime was bareheaded. Her brown hair,
twisted itt a loose knot, was escap.
frig untidily in every direction, Site
carried a covered baaket anore con-
vincing than the clothes Vas the walla
the manner; the whele figure sagged
wearily..
It could not be!
She stopped under pretense of loOk.
Mg in a, shop window, and Neil had a
glimpse Of her profile. He was amaz-
ed, It was she, hits charming.girl, but
terribly changed. Her skin showed the
(sickly pallor resulting from bad !too.
ing and- insufficient food. Her nose
and the skin About her lips was red-
dened and rough, her glance weary yo
and lustreless. Nell was straagely die lu
su
"Is it fiafe for he to walk together
"Stirele, You could go -anYwikere
that inake-Up, How did you MOM
It, you wonderful oae?"
"A little paint works \venders.
wonldn't pass In the daylight. 1 o
'died ray ecrubwoman, poor eot
Theme are her elothett, I chauged
hor houee, She thinke I've geins to
nuesquerade. Ire .eetiy for a girl
dieguise herself if elle .wants to."
Rotting the door of hie hicling-pla
ime lttu peidneel7 in boldly, "Don't mil
'There' patety In the forlornese
the men and the dirt," •he sal
"There were peopie aerfssi the re
who could see us," ehe whispered a
preliensively,
"Doesn't matter," said Nell. "reop
in sueh a neighborhood as this mi
their own inteineee etrictly,"
lie led her up the riekety eteirs. 11
hand lay in hie as soft and evarra
a nestling. In the pitch. blackness
the landing above ho could not Ile
trying to draw her close to him, Bur
ly after this ehe must love him! .
But she held off determinedly. "Ale
be geueroue!" she whitmered with
oc.oftrtrelii., rin cloimere Itreath. "Don't make Me
He releaeed her !with a little groa
Ile !could nto resist this kind. of an a
peal. She was:safe because she was
entirely at las mercy. At the team
time he was a man and elle was a w
man. Inew was he to know that el
did not secretly desire him to eve
bear her resiettaace? Boys tear
out of the air that maidens must b
xnaidenly.
When ha opened the door a cracke
vojoe rem within instantly asked i
accents of alarm: "Who ie it'!'
"All right, old scout," said Neil.
He had heard the girl give a little'
gasp. He .pressed her band reas.3ur-
ingly, and touched her lips for silence.
Neil carried the b." of cakes into
his willing prisoner,
"Oh, I'm so glad!" whispered she
young desperado, "The rats made a
fierce racket!"
Nell !squeezed his shoulder, and op-
ening the beg put the refreshments
where he could reach them with his
mouth. Tilts pleased Kid Doth more
than the prosaic- rnetnod of fingers.
"I'll be in the next room," mid Neil.
"I've got to shut the door, If tile rats
conic around again, sing out."
CHAPTER VII. ,
"Did you bring a candle?" Neil ask-
ed the girl, in a whisper.
She nodded, and feeeling in her bas-
ket, presently put it in his had.
Non led her into tee middle room
and, teased the door. "So the night
won't give us away through 'the front
windows,"- ho explained. Ho lit the
candle. "We'll have to sit on the
fleor," he said. He spread his coat
Lor her.
"But -but what am I staying for?"
she faltered. !Tye brought You the
things. 1 must go back,"
"Ah, not right away!"he said, reach-
ing for her hand. "I need the sight
cif you more than new clothes. It's
lonesomeness undermines a man, not
danger.. Every minute you stay gives
me leash heart."
She was petsuaded to sit down. The
candle threw immense, grotesque elesd-
owe ot them upon the stained wails
and brolten ceiling. They were so
quiet that tillY Pairs of eyes ventured
to peer at them from the comma. Neil
shied bits of plaster at them, He
gazed at the girl in the light with
feesh, delighted interest. The lovely
deeps of. her oyer reassured hint of her
beauty.
She was only human. "Alt! don't
look at me!" she murmured, averting
her head. "I'm hideous!"
"You're still yourself," he said, deep-
ly, "though changed on tate outside."
"Ire my hair," she explained. "Un-
tidy hair undoes a Woman complete-
ly...,
"Looks as if it badn't been brushed
for a week," he said, malialously.
"Oh," she gasped. Her (flack Lin-
ger e searched in the coil for pins. With
a shake she tossed it free. It fell all
around her in lovely, smoky coils,
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WIHNIe
DEMME'S LOST DUOHIES,
Sohlowig-Holstein Question a
Puzzle in European Democracy.
Siete^ or 'seventy years ago no coun-
tries in all Europe were more talked
or than the two "Elbe duchies," Seines.
wig and Holstein. The Schleswig -I -lee-
n. stela question entered lute European
Politics at erery tura, and, ia the fam-
P-
so ous seven weeks' war between Aw-
e, trim and Prussia, which, in 1866, settled
0. tile matter for a "limited eternity," the
greater part of the men who fought in
r- the earapaign could hardly remembea
a time when the Schleswig-Rolstein
o• question was not a question, Basically,
of course, was a. racial question.
• "Oh, beautiful!" he tried, softie'.
"You look like a dryad now."
• "I didn't let it down for you to ',ay
things like that," she reproved him
with het, adorable primness. "It bad
to be fixed before I can go out."
e
He laughed in his throat. "Oh, well,
let it wait awhile," he murmured,
drearnily.
Affronted by his ardent glance she
• twisted itaup again hastily. But Noll
snatched up the pins from where she
had laid theist
"What's the matter with me?" he de-
l -handed. "Can't I even look at your
hair? AM I,hateful to you?"
"Would I be here if you were?"' she
whispered, holding her hair up with
• one hand and extending the other for
the pins.
• "Oh, thta may be gratitude," he said.
• "I don't want your gratitude."
"It's all I have:- Please give me the
pins."
he insisted. "Let it down
again.".
"You have me at a disadavantage,"
she said, reproachfully.
-"You said that before," he said,
'grimly. "It's really/ the other way
around. You have ine where you want
me. You know I couldn't hurt you.
But I can't guarantee my manners.
Put your hair down." •
With a shrug and an offended look
she obeyed. 5110 couldn't do anything
else.
"Now I'm a brute, am I not?"
She made no answer.
"What is the matter With me?" he
burst out again. "Tell me plainly if
u don't fancy ray style. I've tio il-
sions about nlyself. .And you'reaot
pposed to fall in love with me just
because I've had a chance to heIp yoa.
But I have an Instinct -I feel somehow
as if you felt the same -felt what I.
do, end were just plating sem artifh-
lal on yourself. That's what
drives me wild!"
• "Nonsense!" she cried, quicklnt
"T-ahat's what every man says." '
"Just vanity, eh?" inquiraNeil, bit-
terly. "But tell mean pieta words;
there's no chance for me?"
"• "No! I told you. ,1n4the beginning.
Why do you nulled Wee hard for me?"
"Hard?" said Nein dejectedly, "What
need YOu care?"-. -
They were silent for awhile.
"Tell me one „thing, if you don't
and," he suggested, at leagth, "What
le your flame -your real name?"
Laura, she answered, readilY. .
"Suits, you," he said, laconically.
• A yoting Man in love cannot be per-
reaftently discouraged by a Were verbal,
refutial, Repo soon began to stir in
Neil's breast. "I wouldn't .want hen
to fall In my arree like an overripe'
Dealt," he theught, tvorth
climbing"for. rirgot her yet."
The centitated sikeece ellseoncerted
lvioeru.siy.."1.,Must go," she said, nor-
. ,
"Wait' a minute," he retuttibd, with
an off.hand air. "Let's leek over
what you, brou,ght,"
(To be Ontinued.)
"DI that your tollege diploma Ya
have trained there,'?" "Well, it's a Sort
of diplcante 0., wortIllase, Steck este
tifleate showing that I've Nei through
the school of experlence."-liottp,,
TralliterInt.
vided lit his Mind between horror .at
the Joutrage to her beauty, and delight
in the clevernees that had accomplish-
ed it,
His linagination 'was impressed for.
ever by the hotion of a wonlan who
could dare set for a man,
He walked on, and elle tell in be-
hind hint. In order to avoid the loiter.
ere by the empty store he led her
thrOUgit the next street, and approath-
ed his biding -place from the other dire
cotton.
Once In that dark end furtiveIltibo
street, he paused and let her eateh UP
with him.
He sought her hand and pressed -it
hard, "How good of you!" he whis-
pered. "I dared not hope you WoUld
0011101"
diaeligaged her hand. "Of eoUrse
I came," tam said, "Ab. don't thank
mel"
"But I must," said Neil. "I havei
knew of elicit 0, thihg!"
"Bub --but it sounds like mockery,'.'
sho said, "for you 'to thank me -now."
"now wonderful yeti aro!".
"Please, please! I hare what You
Med for. 'Where shall we gen.
"I have a enace," be wild, l!stleli AO
11 is, 'You're not afraid to go alone
with me to such a plate?"
"Afraid?" she said -with a break in
her yoke, "Would yott be in such a
Place if it weren't for 1mo"
This not made Nell eiouisitely un-
comfortable. "Pot goodness' sake,
don't take that line," lie exclaimed,
rra having the time,of niy life!"
".Ah, don't jokt about it!" Ate said.
"Como on." ealtid NIL "Ill show yeti
,
ogsttio. .
11
#.
From tittle immemorial the country
north et Use Elbe had been the battle-
ground of Dame and Germans. That
the Duchy of Schleswig had always
bee n a Danish fief was not in dispute,
nor was the, fact that Holstein had
beentefrom. the first, a, fief of the Ger•
mateeTtoneam empire. The trouble arose
in the nineteenth eentury ever the
nindissoleible union" of the two duchies.
It had ben clear for several years,
prior to 1863, that, with. King Fred-
erick VIT. of Denmark, the male line of
the elder! branch of the house of Olden-
burg Mutt come to att end. In Den-
mark proper this occasioned no diffi-
culty, as the Salle law did not obtain,
but, in the two duehies, this law had
never been, repealed, and, in the event
of the Janine of the male heirs, the sue -
cession would, according to German
juristof the time, pass to the Dukes
of Augnetenbure.
Danish opinion clamored for, and
altimestely obtained, a royal pro-
nouncement proclaiming the funda-
mental idea of the indivisibility of the
monarchy, and it transmission intact
to a singles heir. The German ele-
ments In the two duchies, however,
were by no means on good terms with
Copenhanon, and the farther one went
south thiemgh Schleswig the more the
dIscontent grew, until, in Holstein,
4••••••••••••oftwormrsor
At the Yarmouta Y. M, C. A. Boy&
Camp, held ale Tusket Falls in August,
I found. Minard's Liatiment most bene-
ficial for sun burn, an immediate re.
lief for colic and toothache.
ALFRED STOKES,
G en eral
.evhich was largely German, there was
everywhere open revolt. Finally the
Me) duchies broilt.° out in rebellion,
and the Duke of Auguetenburg, "with
his eyes on hie inheritance," nurried
to Berlin to secure the assistance of
Prussia, in asserting his rights, Ber-
lin decaled to interv.ene, but it had
reckoned without Europe. All the
powers, even Austrhla, decided against
tbe dismembermenn of Denmark, and
Prussia was obligea to give way. That
was in 1848, and although, by- the
treaty of Malmoe, signed In that year,
Prusela yielded pittetically all the
Danish demands, it was very generally
recognized, in dialontatac circles and
far beyond them, that he convention
was only in the natuee of a truce,
establishing a wattle vivendi, , but
leaving the main issue unsettled.
The next fifteen *Ara saw a long
succession of efforts 011 the part of
the powers to arrive. at some settle-
naent, the whole (inflation ,being com-
plicated at every turn by the hostility
of the duchies themselves to the
Danish Government. Iu 1864 matters,
miciyagain, swept up to e crisis when
the "protocol" King Christian IX.
aecended the Danish. throne. One of
his firet actwas to sign a new con-
stitution, which setaside an arrange-
ment, agreed to by all the European
powers, that the two duchies should
be independent, under the Denieb
crown. Germany- and Austria were
immediately up in arms, end on Dee.
24 Saxon and Renovation troops
marched into Holstein in- the, name of
the German confederation. Great Bri-
tain and Russia strongly' protested,
and it be probable that if, at this time,
Denmark had withdrawn from Schles-
wig, under protest, the pewere would
have restored that 'duchy to her, and
that an agreement would have been
'it -ached whereby Schleswig would ha,ve
been- .constituted an, integral,part of
the Danish kingdom. This, owever,
was just, What Bismarck, "the only
mao wheaktiew what he wanted," most
desired to avoid, and lie did all in his
• tower to. keep Denmark defiant He
'Made the Copenhagen Government
believe that Great Britain lied threat -
onea Prussia with interventiou should
hostilities be opened, and, the strata.
gem succeeded.- Denmark stood firm,
and on Feb, 1, 1864, the Austrian aud
German forces crossed the Eider. Even
then, however, there were several
months of negotiations. It Was not
until JIM° 24 that Anstria, and Prussla,
having entered upon it new agreement
whereby the duchy was to be com-
pletely separated from Denmark, em -
beaked, on the famous Seven days'
war, which brought about the defeat
Of the little kingdom. So far as Den -
merle was concerned, the Solneswig-
Holstein question was settled then. So
far as Prussia, and Austria were con-
cerned, it was not settled until two
years later, when, in the famous seven
weeks' campaign, Prussia defeated
Austria and secured the spoils of
Schleswig-Holstein for herself, -Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Mtnard's Liniment LunlberMan's
• Friend.
-••
9 4 -9 -++4. -++4 -049 -1 -9. -**-1-4-F1-++++•-•
Grow Alfalfa
*$++++-5+++4+-$-.++-+9-+ 54-544-+-5-
(xpierimental • Farm Note.)
. The 'pressing need for increased farm
Production, on the one side, and the scar-
city of farm labor on the other, have
created a sitztation itt Canadlen agricul-
ture that is somewhat entharransIng to
the two chief parties concerned, vis; the
fame and- the consuming public.
With a serious in farm labor confront-
ing the producer, it will be difficult to
increase farm production hy expanding
the acreage undier crop. However, the
need, for increased production remaine,
and, under the circumstancea,• there
seems to be only one way to make the
best of the situation, and that is to
make every produce more, in, quan-
tity as well as in quality, than it has
produced in the past.
With special reference to incretteed pro-
duction in the forage crop line, the ques-
tion is; "What forage croz) is, under
present 'conditio»s likely to produce the
heaviest returns and, at the same time,
the highest quality of feed for all-round
purposes?
In our opinion there Is no forage creo
that better answers their .purpose than
alfalfa. It *an be grown to advantage
under a diversity of sell and climatic
conditions and has, generally apeaking,
a wider geographical range of useful -
less itt Canada than any other forage
crop. Alfalfa is it choice food for all
tinds of farm animals, arid produces
nore econoznical feed per acre than does
11113' other hay or pasture crop. It, furth-
ermore, requires complzratively little
abor. Once well established, it contin-
tes to yield heavy returns. On account
xL' its lasting character a good deal of
noney and labor Is saved annually, ag
no re -seeding is necessary for years, and
or MS reasap, it for no other, alfalfa
hould commend special attention just
ow from any f,Armer handicapped bY
carcity of labor,
It may be objected, though, that just
tow, -when an immediate increase in farm
reduction Is so urgently needed, alfalfa
nay not be the most commendab/e forage
rop, in spite of all its merits, because
t takes a year to get it established as
paying crop,
it is true that there Is an urgent need
or the greatest possible production td
eet the Immediate edmands of Canada
nd the Allies, and that therefore every
ounce of ellergY should be mobilized to
realize the situation as quickly as pos-
sible. But, Canada will be called upon
to produce record crops- not only this
year, hut for many yearn to come, peace
or no peace, The mere ending of the War
Will not bring about a relaxation of the
efforts in farm production. On the con-
trary, with the return of peace, the neces-
sity of making the utmost out of the
soli will itkely be felt more keenly than
ever before. In VieW Of this it would
seem to be a. good policy to prepare for
tho futuro now, and, .fts far as forage
crops are concerned, special attention
shonid be paid to alfalfa as a crop that,
better than any other, is likely to fill
the hill as the crop of the future.
eez--
ininard's Liniment used by Physicians
# 10,
LEOPARD AND LION.
••••••••••••••••••••
Two Strange Tales of Escaped
Animals From Japan.
p '
The propensity bf animals of the Cat
Rind to return home is illustrate 'by
two recent incidents that, have occur-
red in distant parts of the east.
A leopard broke out of a show at
Emnadera, ,Tapia on anne'25 lastekand
has been roaming about' the forests et
Tamba, province ever since. ,It had
been guilty of 'attacks upon young cat-
tle and poultry yarcle, Muck' to the hn-
noyance cif farmers. e On,Octobera12,
the leopard was seen by a party of vil-
lagers in the Mlle near Wrichimura.
Local hunters, well armed, set out to
find the animal. Ct•was seen discov-
ered, half starven, and despatched
without .
The , Hyogo Trantwae,. ,company,
.finding that a leopard at -111.age along
its Mae injure& travel, otiginally
fered a reward of $256 for the capture
of the entrap, dead or alive., ,but upon
tbe insisteace uf the pelece, this re-
ward was evithdrawn. • Crowds of
amateur huntsmen, swarming, over
the countrY ,and firing 'guns at all
moving objects, proved to be a,great-
et* menaee., to human life than the
leopard.
The second incident 'Nimes from
Mahchurie, where Japan ,has certain
treaty, rightk A large lion that, for.
more than a year, had been on exhi-
tion at Liaeyang and hid been much
petted be young and old of that city,
Stiff, Enlarged Joints Limber Up!
Every Trace of Rhetimati:stwoes
•
I.Eyen Chronic Bedridderi`kCases
Are.Quiddy Cured.
Rub On Magic `.‘14rvilline"
Nothing on earth can beat good old
"Nerviline" whenolt comes td: curing
rheumatism.
Tho blessed relief you get from 'Ner.
"into comes mighty (Lula, and yon'
don't have to Wait a Month for son&
sign of improveraent.
You see Nerviline is a direct
applV-
ciatlon; it's rubbi3d tight into' the tore
joint; thoroughly rubbed oVer the
twitching muscle. that perhaps for
years has kept,yOtt Okt the juttlp. bit
thie waY Yen get ,to the real sottree of
the trouble, 'After ° you have used
Nkitalts last WO Mill' illaY
r
amazing, a Marvel, a perfett woiider of
efficacy. • * '
Just think Of it, fistatlities*stronger
and more enneetratilig than 'any other,t,
known linintent -Seething, •Zealingl•
full of"pani".ddstroyitrgl)buier, 'and yet'
it will itevbr 'Mu% blftstlne be 'destroy:
tho tieder"sitin.pf,Wen.'kethilti.
You've inWer,yet trivd anethihg half
50 gobtinas,Nervi4tie 1,61e,anYiort Or
Pain, ePro:rlitinnittitim, but
that's: no4 * alef,np4t : 'but for
laMe 'Vac 'Wee:what' a.
tight,fiMPAPO,i 1040r •P.11114 5p1d, for
chest tightness mt. , rot, „ppuralgiet;'
headache it is shlea1get1;eeaape4t ever!
Por the htinCefor the hundred and
one little ailments , that constantly
tribe, 'whether earache, toothache, stiff
neck, or seine other Mueculat pain
yotteve utiedqtratichttec ettite• 14 entre
NerViline, always 4410 ywr glad
youi keep- htindp•.'kt - e`qtWei
family size bottle; all dealers, or %PIO 11
eate,rhoeons Co., KinantOrliigillialIgal slt/A
4 1." 4r.rr1:4,4kt•V ,•;.;
Iwas about to be molted to Vultilen,
where it is to be it performer in a
circus. The aniatal cage was elaced
upon a Bet ear and the trein pulled
out for ,Multden. Tile Animal's heart
yearned for the Wends, especially the
children, at Littoyane. When erasing
a ,bridge over the Team River, th
1 lion .brolte tho !limey bars of hie eag
and, leaping off the moving Oa!
without Witty, litarted back on a tr
to his former home. As he gleefull
aPProached Liaoyang, some worknie
at the railway repair shops, saw tat
returning frien.d of the people an
armitg tnemsolves, killed the lion.
The unfortunate Animal was onl
trying to "conte back"; he had no Ito
tile intentions. The ower of th
beast soon made his appearance an
was greatly distressed at the lees
his fellow performer. Ile had begu
suit for the ruin of his associate'
earning OaPaultY.
The far east appeara to be 1111 Alma
place for escaped circus animals.
PULS OFF A CORN
WITHOUT ANY PAI
Is it magic, no, scientitic-a wot
derful combination. discovered tha
will shrivel up the toughest old cor
you ever saw. The name et this rem
edy is Putnam' s Corn Extractor, It'
corker the way it loosens a corn
Makea it peel right off in it solid lum
Without the elighteet pain. Result
talk, Putnam's gives results and cost
but it quarter. Sold everywhere.
• *ea
Luminous Eyes.
Cats among animals and. owls am
ong birds, says W. H. lindaon in hi
book, "Idle Days In Patagonia," ar
tho most highly favored of any crea
tures in the matter of luminous eye
"The feline eyes, as of a puma, or
wilacat blazing With wrath, some
times effect one like an electric' shocli
but for intense brilliaace the yello
globes of the owl are unparalleled '
Mr. Hudson asserts that nature ha
done comparatively little for the hu
man eye either in these terrifyin
Splendors or in beauty. He says tha
in Brazil he was greatly impresse
with the magnificent appearance. 01
many of the negro women, but Um
if they had only possessed the "gold•
en irides" of certain intensely blac
tropical birds their "unique loveli
ness" would have been complete,
Keep's Minard's Liniment in the Hous
Worth Rementering.
The Mother's magazine giyes thi
advice concerning a pricked finger:
If you prick your finger _while sewin
and get a drop of blood upon goods
you are sewing, even though it b
white satin, chew up a piece of threat
and a_nply it to the blood stain a
once atad you will remove it so well
• that it will not show, Keep nein
freshly used thread till the blood is
ail out.
A large cracker box, such as will
readily he furnished by any groeer,
if covered with a pretty °Mutts inakee
a. useful and beautiful shirtwaist box.
Curtains will hang more evenly ir
the selvage is cut from the goods be-
fore hennaing, as the selvage, being
more tightly woven. than the rest of
the fabric, hangs more firmly than
the rest. This applies to heavy and
thin goods alike.
Gingham slip covers. for the furni-
ture during the summer months are
less expensive than linen and are
snore easily washed and ironed. The
wall palm' should be taken into con-
sideration when the material is pur-
chased.
Milk kept in a large, shallow basin
will remain sweet longer tban when
kept in the bottle.
Salt will curdle milk if added while
cooking.
Baked apples filled with nuts, cin-
namon and sugar are delicious and
affords variety in the Ivey of 'conking
apples.
By heating it lemon before squeez-
ing it twice as much juice win be ob-
tained.
A 690D MEDICINE
FOR ME BABY
. Whiting can., equal Baby's Own Tab-
lets as aeniedieine fel. little mien They
are it laxatitse, mild but thorough in
action, and :never fail to relieve con-
stipation, ' colds and simple
fevers, One a mother ha e used them
she will use nothing oleos Concerning
them Istres :Saluste Pelletier, St. Dames
des Aulnales. Que., writes: "I always
keep a bbx of BabeassOwn Tablets in
the house. They are the best medicine
I anew of for -little ones, and f woald
not be without them." 'The Tablets ate'
sold by 11,mdicitle deLlers or by mail at
25 cents a.box from The Dr, Williams
'Medicine Co., Brockville. Ont.
• s THE DYING, .HERO.
Light, in. His Eyes. ,Was More
' Than All Sermons.
The tellowing is by . an officer in
the' Bleak 'Watch: The barrage lifted
Froth 'the' desolate, 'shell -ridden N9
Man's. Land rose the'iong, thin line
of khaki Instantly sthe shrieking of
shells and the cracaine and whistling
of rthicliinagun bullets spoke of a
stubborn resistance. The khaki line
mama steadily forward, and now at
intervals followed other khaki titles,
pushing on wIth sMedy assurance and
gthnedetermination. Men were being
inown down like . corn; the alla was
thick. with the smell eel sulphur; ihe
Itha.ki titles Were thinning, but still
they went on. . *, -
The first trench .was %taken with a
dash, but the kintkf line did not stop
anere. , OM aade,away again towards
iheaaecoad lith: Time Orrin of battle
!Vas palsing•tlerough our veins; lite
le)icitemlent....of,the glorions charo.had
•.14tleete e. , hold on us,
At thisenoMent &foaled nattself leeep-
ing pace" With a, -Young • sdbaltern of
•,tpapstatirhaeuese-it young efficer of nte-
•deem henthe, light ,liteht Saul handaeme
leil,turek, • Ills JoYotid-bountettitnee, kis
tOsh,...his- encouraging verde,' wet my
Ietirt,lat%Oil6tfe.,,$tralping ;over
ittes and rikirthig the huge shell.
holelle.lie well:urging the Men.oe.emd
,giving.,the deed. ill (Inc. ditYle, , when
anddettlya. witheut a word,. he, pitched
l'ociyard mid rolled, (Wei- 'en his' buck.
it;the, Ittitecelt' ono' mitet. Veen tilt' trio
'ove,: andelettVie the • .kvouit ded ; to, the
tititeherehearers who folicreV! behind.
.Stunething, liciwaver, about 11m OM-
cer.drew me to him, tied In a element
I was on my knees by his tide, lia
stattetiVelY I knew he had got his
thegann ,Ilis eyeSeatere open,
mefiled.. en f ‘ite .vlbitlil:vepeiiit, but
daft
pitgAte, e., t,,Thq„Ctiatt-idievett
squad ca,niie. 'AID raised his right
4%ridAtfiY4i*d. AAA =Wt. • .1 felt
1
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/ bridae, Ont, •
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-...-,............--..--.----en..._
his warm grip; and then, for the mo-
ment, all else ,vanisheil before the look
in that •dying officers face. Never
bave I seen such a light in a man's
face. The oyes glowed with very Joy,
the whole face was lit up with the
radiant glory of sublime happiness, I
git'sed in wonder The grip on my hand
tightened. The next moment the dy-
ing man's lips were spouting blbod.
I am a plain man, and know little
about religion, but it seemed &sin to
close those eyes. So I crossed his
arms on his breast, rose. and left A
moment later I was mingling with, the
khaki, throng, and if my blood had
Pulsed before, now I was thrilled
through and through,
•I have often thought of th:at young
officer since, j had never seen hint
before, I did not know hisi name so
I could never etrInnunicate with bis
people, as I would ilke to heve done.
If, however, anyone should read this
whom it may concern, the incident
happened Ott the eighteenth ot Sep-
tember, 1916, in the Battle of the
Somme. One .of the most •sacred mem-
ories I have is the light on that dying
hero's face -a light which Tres taught
Inc more than all the sermons of all
the parsons in, the worlds !
•
...eassen•-;
Ask for Minard's and takeSno other.
. .
-
His Uncle 's Doing.
When !Slapdash Jones went home
for the holidays the first -.thing his
mother took out of his trunk was an
overcoat, and on it was pinned a
pawnbroker's ticket he had ina.dvert-
catty omitted to remove. .
1 "Hallett! Ha, ha!" cried Slapdash.
"They must have forgotten to take
this off at the Smith dance when I
left it in • the cloak roma. Eh -
what?"
A moment later his mother Wok out
his evening trousers. Unluckily, they,
too, bore a tleket.
"Why-, Slaptlash„ dear,". she ex-
claimed, "Yon sure's"' didn't leave these
in the cloakroom, too?" -Exchange.
4.-o-0--
_ .
THIS WOMAN
. SAVED FRC!
• AN OPERATION
By taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, One
of Thousands of Sucheases.
Black River rails, Wis.-‘As Lydia
E. rinkham's Vegetable Compound
saved me from an
operatiora I cannot
shy enough in praise
odrigita.niiesrobeureldefearrd
my side hurt mo so
I could hardly be up
froin tuk bed, and I
was unable todo rny
housework. r had
the best doctors in
Van Claire and they
wantedme to have
an operation, but
Lydia 41)inkham's
Vegetable Compound cured me ho I did
,not toed the operation, andkern tellmtg
all My friends about it," --Mrs. A. W.
Bitiztif; glack River Falls,,Tie.
It is jwit aitch experiences as that of
'Mrs. Einzer that has made:this famous
root and herb remedy a household word
from ocean to °dean. Any woman who
taliTere from intlitturnitiort;t ulceration,
displiteemente, batkaoho, nervousness,
irregularities or 4' the bldes" should
not tost Until the hasliven it a trial,
and for gpeelal advice writ. r4ytlia-
Plnkhans Modltins Con, Lytle,' Magiii